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I'm very fond of herbaceous perennials, because they give such good value for money! They are generally easy to grow from seed, they increase in size each year, and they give a wonderful show of colour in the garden. What more could anyone ask? This one is called Lychnis chalcedonica, or Maltese Cross. It is a tall plant, growing to around 3ft in my garden, with hairy light green leaves, and large heads of pure red flowers. It's very easy to propagate, either from seed, splitting root ball, cuttings in spring, or as I found out this year, just the tops of the stems which have been broken off stuck into the ground!

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